The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1887-10-27

schemes, that there was little differ
ence between the parties in regard to
the prosecution Of the war, and that
the Democratic party was really as
eager for the prosecution of the con-
flict as the Republicans, and Union
lists. Well, they were, on one side.
Most Of the older citizens of to-day
remember well the stand taken by the
two parties in Jackson County. Some
Of the younger men may not know so
much about it, and we shall give a
pointer or two. The old soldiers, es-
pecially those Of the Army of the
Tennessee, will remember that awful
22d Of July, 1864, when the brilliant
Mcpherson was slain by Hoods brave
Democrats near Atlanta, in one of
the most bloody and determined as
saults of the war. So hotly contested
was the field that the brave Union
boys in some parts of the field stuck
the fag-staffs in the ground and raj
lied around them, and fought until
their rifles became so hot by repeated
firing that they burned the hands of
the men who held them. The Rebels
were sent, broken and defeated back
to their works. All this, you say is
old.
Well, just t,co days before that aw-
full scene. in which many Jackson
County boys engaged, there was an
other assembly of men, this time in
Abe French's Grove, on the south side
of Jackson. This was "Great Peace
Meeting" called by the Democratic
party Of Jackson County, to protest
against the further prosecution of
the war At this meeting was carried
white flag, containing picture OF
a goose-said by our Democratic
friends to be intended for dove-and
the motto: "God Is Our King. We
Be Brethren. This white flag was in
dicative of desire on the part of the
Democratic party Of Jackson County
to surrender the Government to the
periured traitors Of the South. These
were the days that brought out the
true spirit Of the men Of this country,
and Of this County. The lines were
drawn, and Democracy then was pure
and simple. As showing the spirit of
the meeting we give two or three of
the Resolutions adopted:
/ Resolved, That longer silence
would be dangerous if not destructive
to the people who are the basis of
sovereign power, whose liberties are
sought to be taken away.
Resolved, That the Declaration of
Independence should be interpreted
by the Constitution, and not the Con-
stitution by the Declaration Of Inde-
pendence, therefore the asserted equal
ity of all men in said Declaration of
independence is modified by the ac-
ton of our fathers when in framing
said Constitution they disfranchised
both Indians and Negroes.
Resolved, That being in favor Of
immediate peace, and convinced that
by the war the Union can never be
restored, and more especially upon
the Negro Emancipation policy Of
the Administration, we therefore urge
the President of the United States to
revoke his order for conscription,
and we call upon the people through
out the State to hold meetings and
demand peace and redress of griev-
ances."
Read these Resolutions carefully.
Our Democratic friends demanded
peace. What did that mean? Simply
a surrender of all that had been gain
ed thus far in the war, and the with
drawal of the hands of Grant, Thorn
as and Sherman, from the throat of
Secession. But this was not all. A
redress Of grievances meant the re-es-
tablishment of slavery and the pay
ment of all damages wrought by the
Union Armies in the Sovereign
States" Of the South. Among other
things said in the preamble to these Res
olutions is the declaration that Abra-
ham Lincoln "has divided Sovereign
State without its consent" So it was
practically demanded that the Presi-
dent withdraw his Armies from the
Sovereign States and permit them to be
undivided for the disruption Of the
Union.
In an editorial the Jackson Express
enlarged upon the Importance of this
Great Peace Meeting" A few days
after this wonderful demonstration,
more than forty thousand Of the brav-
est Democrats in the United States
were turning somer-saults over one
another in running out of Atlanta
before the Stars and Stripes, borne by
Sherman's brave boys. There is the
effect of the peace" meeting.
Such, friends, was the method Of
the Democratic party in putting down
the Rebellion. If any Democrat
possesses a solitary Resolution, passed
by Democratic Convention, in favor
Of crushing the Rebellion by force of
arms, we would be pleased to secure
it, as a natural curiosity. In Jackson
County, Democrats went about crying
peace, peace" At the very same
armed traitors were assailing
the flag of the Union, and the thun-